Building Storm in EDH.

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Posted on July 21, 2016, 7:15 a.m. by KillKid20095

I want to build storm in EDH, but where do i start i believe grixis to be the best color combo but if there are others that work well with storm let me know. For my commander i dont know who i should play if i were to become Grixis i would probably Jeleva or Sedri. I started playing in Theros and while i know a good amount of cards from before then i cant possibly know them all so suggestions would be great im looking for more cards like Dark Ritual, and ofc other storm reccomends would be nice too. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

clayperce says... #2

KillKid20095,
IMO, the definitive Storm build is Jeleva's Pile of Broken, by moxnix

July 21, 2016 7:28 a.m.

KillKid20095 says... #3

ill check it out.

July 21, 2016 7:38 a.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #4

Melek, Izzet Paragon is arguably the best spell-slinging Storm commander there is.

July 21, 2016 9:59 a.m.

KillKid20095 says... #5

Opps i should mentioned that i want more of a thinking build with lines of play and that kind of thing, not a spam big spells kind of deck.

July 21, 2016 1:27 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #6

I don't quite understand what you're asking for. A creature based storm deck?

July 21, 2016 1:29 p.m.

KillKid20095 says... #7

A deck that will chain a bunch of Cantrips into a Tendrils of Agony or something related. Not a deck that just wants to drop Cheap Big spells, and i feel like Melek is one of those i would also prefer three colors for more options.

July 21, 2016 1:34 p.m.

Raging_Squiggle says... #8

3 colors is a little more spread out than you'd want for storm. Which is why modern storm is blue/red only. Makes it more consistent for lands and colors.

However, since that is what you want, I would also suggest Narset, Enlightened Master. She's pretty decent at storming, and copying her trigger a bunch of times lets you get your storm count higher. Sure there's no black for Tendrils of Agony, but you have Grapeshot and Brain Freeze

July 21, 2016 1:40 p.m.

KillKid20095 says... #9

Oh Nice one ill look into it.

July 21, 2016 4:01 p.m.

Omeros says... #10

Grixis Storm - see the moxnix link above for an incredibly expensive but fully optimized list - is easily better than UR lists. This is because the Black tutors provide so much consistency that you simply lack otherwise. Winning through storm count alone is tough in Commander because even if your opponents have managed to get each other down to 30 life apiece when you hit your fundamental turn, that's still 90 life or 45 copies of Tendrils of Agony if you're trying to do that by itself.

Far easier in Commander is to think of a storm list as one that chains together cantrips, tutors, and rituals until (or after) casting Ad Nauseam to draw a chunk of your deck, then win through a Laboratory Maniac combo supported by the couple of counterspells you've drawn into at this point. I've built and played a Nekusar list that more or less works this way but includes Waste Not and a bunch of wheels to refill its hand. The deck rarely even casts its general even though wheeling the table repeatedly with Nekusar in play can win. This is because it often storms out into the Maniac win before it could even get Nekusar into play. And I wasn't even using a fully optimized list! If you want to see what the list looks like, search up "Waste Not Nekusar" for a tuned list. It should be running about 31-33 lands and have an average CMC of 2.0 or lower.

That said, if you really want to go UR with Melek or Mizzix and win by storm count, look into Epic Experiment and Ignite Memories as enablers/wincons. Those should be right up your alley given what you'd like to do.

July 21, 2016 7:14 p.m.

Eiti3 says... #11

Now to completely and 100% throw my own deck out there, but I mean, just as an example of how you could create a Storm deck, I have my...

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America, Land(less) of the Free [Creatureless Too]

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This deck is a Narset, Enlightened Master EDH deck that runs no creatures or lands. Although, the main point is that of what I describe in the description: the Storm cards. I end up casting between a minimum of 4 (rarely happens), average of 30-40, and up to a maximum of an infinite spells each turn. And this deck runs multiple extra turn cards, so I mean, it can do quite a bit.

If you can't read the description like I have recieved a report or two of, I will copy/paste, in the spoiler below, what Storm cards I have and what happens with them:

Storm Show

-Ignite Memories with 20 spells cast in one turn can instantly kill at least one person.
-Mind's Desire gives you 20 free spells, extra turns and additional combat phases included.
-Empty the Warrens with Mass Hysteria or on your extra turns, actually can kill opponents and creatures.
-Grapeshot, if it doesn't kill a person, could be used to clear the board or severely wound someone.
-Haze of Rage affects all creatures, Narset, Enlightened Master and Goblins alike. +20/+0 until end of turn? Sure, commander damage is a thing, right? BUT WAIT! There's more. BUYBACK.
-Temporal Fissure bounces all permanents you don't control back to their opponent's hands. And for those wondering, no; you can make this not affect any permanent of your own.
-Possibility Storm, although not a "Storm" card, does something unique. Whenever you cast one of the "Storm" cards listed above, all the "Storm" triggers DO trigger. Get all the copies of the spell for free and then the spell goes right back into the deck to be cast again as well as another free spell. Plus, seeing as two spells will be cast from Possibility Storm at all times (no lands), this benefits the storm advantage sooooo much. (Note: Possibility Storm does say from my hand, so Possibility Storm does not affect any spell you cast from Narset's Exile.)
-Eye of the Storm, once again, although not a "Storm" card, increases the potency of this deck 'some-number'-fold. First thing to note is that I don't care about the group hug, everyone cast spells stuff. When this comes into play, only I will be using it, most usually. Second and most important is that the second part of Eye of the Storm: "For each copy, the player may cast the copy without paying its mana cost." This means I can re-CAST (yes, this affects the above Storm cards) everything I've cast beforehand, including any of the above Storm cards, WHICH also have their Storm trigger because the copy is being cast. This can exponentially ramp up the Storm effects tremendously.

July 21, 2016 10:26 p.m.